Welcome to First Christian Church of San Marcos, Texas…at least, the online version.
There's really no adequate way to describe the qualities of a church by virtue of its website. Sure, there's a lot of useful information here, but to feel the acceptance, warmth, and love that flows through First Christian Church, you've simply got to experience it first-hand.
Many congregations speak of how warm and welcoming they are, but in all my years of ministry I've never had the privilege of visiting or being the pastor of a church quite like this one - our members truly live out the caring hospitality that Jesus Christ embodied and taught.
Plus, we simply have a lot of fun together! Laughter, hugs, and wide smiles abound here. Maybe that's because it's such a great feeling to belong to a group of folks - more like a family, really - who believes that God loves and accepts us unconditionally, and calls us to pass along that same love to everyone we encounter.
I hope you'll personally be our guest in worship or in one of our many other activities, to see for yourself that at First Christian Church, everyone belongs!
Peace,
David Green
About David
David Green is a third-generation minister and a lifelong member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). First as a licensed minister and then following his ordination in 1995, he served congregations in central Texas, Missouri, and Amarillo as a youth pastor, campus minister, associate pastor, and senior pastor.
He is a graduate of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the University of Texas at Austin, and has performed doctoral coursework at Austin Seminary focusing on church growth and evangelism. Prior to seminary, he was enrolled in the graduate counseling program at Texas State University. Rev. Green also served eight years as Executive Director of the Texas Bible Chair Foundation in Austin, a non-profit center for the continuing education of clergy and church leaders.
Ellen & David Green
In Amarillo, he was a partner in B & G Associates, a service specializing in bereavement and loss counseling for individuals and groups. Before accepting a call to full-time ministry in his late 20s, he worked in Texas and California managing and developing movie theaters, and also wrote screenplays. Rev. Green is married to Ellen Robertson Green, a college dean, PBS television producer and documentary filmmaker. They have four children ranging in age from 13 to 23.
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